All in my head
Its what the doctors said
All in my head
Yet every week
Being abducted by an alien crew
A "SPELL" overcame me
As the hole in my heart
Would pull me on to their ship
Experiment
The same
Experiment
Each and every time
My fingers would grow
Into giant sausages
My mothers face blown up
Like a big fat balloon
Then the face
A witches face
with a huge wart on her nose
Laughing
Screaming
Closer and closer
An inch from mine
Would melt into a red and white
Target swirl
Begin to spin
Round and round
Until I hit the ground
"I'm back," I would cry
As if emerging from the ship
But it was all in my head
Its what the doctors said

Monday, June 28, 2010

The stone offerings were everywhere
Red rocks
Red earth
Tall ones, short ones
Creating a sacred place
As we worked to balance our stones
Hoping they would stay
As we erected them
For centuries
A monument to the
Deep seated need
Within the human soul
To connect with each other
As we connect to the divine

Friday, June 25, 2010

You brought me here
Caressing me with your
Knowing fingertips
Silken lips
Probing tongue
Teasing me so close
To the edge of abandon
Falling fast until
A tall white cloud
Picks us up and holds us close
As the fiery sparks we transmit
One against the other
Igniting pure friction
Turning this
Sleepy, opalescent dragon
Into a fire breathing
Thundercloud
Arms and legs following
Bodies dancing to the beat
Of space and time
Entering Divine territory
As I call out to the Gods and Goddess
Before our trajectory
Finds a perfect galaxy
And we forget to land

Holding you
In my hands
Reaching around you
With my mouth
Feeling you
Against my lips
My tongue
Reveals you
Reveals me
As we
Find our way
To that other
Part of me
Where you fit
So perfectly
So amazingly
Where the very start
Of feeling you
Begins the journey
To mutual movement
Joyful expression
Rhythm
Pulsing
Joyful expression
Reaching the sky

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Moving to the beat
Moving with your body
As you begin
The sounds I love to hear
The melody
The chorus
Unresolved
On the upbeat
Unfulfilled crescendo
Dissonant harmony
Now loud and long
Enlarged to form a Coda
Prolonging the buildup
Longer and faster
Then my treat arrives
As with the final climax
Of this piece
Followed by peace
And an amazing
Smile.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Resting in your arms
Speaking of intensity
Layers of intensity
Yours,
Mine,
Ours.
Intensity
Giving
Receiving
Shared energy
As each layer
Is unveiled
And the next
Revealed
We rise to meet
What that may mean
Reach for
Shared bliss
Listen to
Our bodies
Where they lead us
Where we follow
Where the pleasure
Of pleasing
And being pleased
Finds
A new realm
A new layer
Of intensity.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

On a marsh walk
On a windy day when
The sun first shows itself
Just before sunset,
I am privileged to find
A dance and dancers.
A raucous ballet
A performance
For those of us
Who choose this path
Who choose to watch
Violet seeded rows of tall grasses
Leaning into
White seeded rows.
They rustle as the
Choreographer sends them
The message,
Push now,
Fall back now,
Kick your legs,
Wave your heads
To the music
To the beat
Entertain us with
Your sensuous dance.
The lonely Aspen
Quakes in amusement
The taller grasses
Bow in amazement
The reeds
Like a curtain
try to hide
this dance
From the lake
On the other side.
I do not wish to leave
But the sun ceases to
Shine
The colored seeds turn
Dark
The wind still blows
The ballet will be
There for the evening
Creatures
Who may wish
To dance along.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Your voice is like
A liquid
A mellow, creamy
Liquid.
It creates
In me
An urge to
Lick it from
Your body
As you speak
And it slowly
Flows
Down your
Wonderfully
Hairy chest
Down your
Beautiful belly
Wherever it flows
Before I try
To consume it all.

Your voice
Tantalizes
All of my senses
Awakens
All of my desires
Calls me to my
Pen in the middle
Of the night
As I interrupt
A dream
To remember
The way I felt
Just a few hours
Ago
As it flowed
Out of you
In to me.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Can a voice bring you
Calmness
At the same time
It stirs your passions?
Can a voice,
As it changes
From soft to edgy,
Pull you in
While it sets you free?
Can a voice be
Smooth and silky
while its wit
stimulates your mind?
Can a voice
Be light and joyful
As it digs into
Your heart?
Can a voice be
The essence
Of sensuality
As it
Speaks with
Dignity?
It can
It will
It does

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Fully awake
Fully aware
Yet in a meditative state
An Eagle,
Larger than myself,
Stopped to rest.
Just feet away
It took my balloons
My giant red balloons
I had filled them
With messages
Curse removing
Messages
Messages of hope
He blessed them
Holding tight
In his magnificent
Black horn talons
Rising from what seemed
A wrinkled hand of wisdom
Turned and spread his
Colossal, lustrous wings
And flew up to the sun
Without stirring a breeze
I watched as
Each red balloon
Devoured by the flames
As they touched the sun
It was only a few seconds later
He returned
Spoke these words to me
“It will be done”

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Complexity,
Layers,
Each moment
Revealing new
Exciting layers
Each layer
Learning
Your spirit,
Your soul,
What brings your smile
What brings you worry
What brings you joy
Learning
Your spirit
Your soul
What brings you peace
What brings you harmony
What brings you bliss
Learning why
When I lie
In the stillness
In your arms
In that moment
My spirit
My soul
Finds a place
Where it is content
To just be
Where it is
In the complexity
In the layers
So new
So exciting
So you.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Naiveté led us astray
On a spring
Bay Area day.
Carly and I
Decided to try
A walk on Muir Beach.
The waves were rolling in
The beach was divine
She went ahead
Around the rocks
To scout out
What lay beyond.
She returned in haste
No time to waste
To tell me she had seen
A naked man.
I freaked
She squeaked
"Lets get out
Before I shout
Oh My God , a naked man."
My curiosity
Had the best of me
I had to see
I asked her to wait
As I quickened my gait.
Seeing all that I needed
I rushed back
and conceded
There was a man
Trying for a tan
His parts on display
All I could say
"Oh My God, a naked man."

Friday, May 7, 2010

When I started on
The pathless path.
To find my authentic self,
I was lost
More than found,
I struggled with the
Words that seemed
To intentionally
Obfuscate
These simple truths.

Dear Lao Tzu,
Right from the start
You confused me with
The notion
That the name that can be spoken
Is not the name.
All of the opposites
That you say are the same,
How can all that is great
Be not great at all.
Yet, I saw in your words
A beauty and simplicity
That I have not seen
Before or since.
Showing me how to act
When I am not aware
Of acting.
How not to act
When I am aware of acting.
I read you each day,
try to live what I learn,
Struggle with your words,
You lead me to know
I would never be found
If I was struggling.
What if I already knew?
Finally I stop
While in silence
Joy filled my life.
Now I know
Because of you
Exactly what
I must not do.
Or do I?

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

I love Tea
And Tea loves me
It wakes me
Yet calms me.
I refuse to let
A so called movement
Turn the word to
A pejorative,
A mockery
Of everything good
That Tea means to Me.
Put down those signs
Filled with ugly,
Ignorant
Hate filled
Words.
Quit spouting
Those self-righteous
Lies.
That are used to
Justify
The greedy
Bigoted
Disregard for anyone
But You.
Put down those guns
Carried into public parks
Done to justify
The insane belief
That You are
God.
Take off those
Three-cornered hats
They do not prove
That You
Of all people
Are Patriots.
I demand
You leave the Tea
Bag or loose leaf
To people like Me
Who care about
The least of us
Who know the price
Of schools and police
And roads and services
That protect all of us.
Who do not boast
About how strong
And mighty
Their accomplishments
Bring society.
Who do not fear
They will loose their
Freedom
Because a Black Man
Is President.
Please,
I implore
Please restore
The name of
The beverage
I adore
to its gentle
rapport.
I recommend
That You amend
The name You choose
To abuse
Can’t you see
You are really
The ME PARTY.

Friday, April 30, 2010

It rained all night
And most of the day
Suddenly the sun
Decided to mysteriously
Force the clouds
Into hiding,
The deep green smell
Poured in through
My open door
And called for me
To walk the dogs
Through the newly
Freshened wetlands
There to meet us
Were the Chorus frogsA serenade so beckoning
We were tempted to
Jump in the pond
And join them
In their sweet refrain

Cree-ee-ee-ee-eek

Rising and falling
In speed and pitch
Inviting us to enjoy
This small piece of day
And celebrate the
Smell of the
Squeaky clean earth
Washed by the rain
From the dark clouds
That so recently
Departed.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Intensity
A ride
On a celestial trapeze
Velvet ropes
Coming out of the sky
Telekinetically controlled
By stars
Maybe planets
Moons of planets.
Lush velvet ropes
With a bar for two
Who swing together.
All things possible
As they swing
With only
Intensity
To keep them
From falling off.
Tumbling to the earth.
Tell a story
Remember
What happened as they
Touched
What they had never
Touched
Before.
The sky at their
Fingertips
The momentum
Clamoring for more
Intensity.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

If love is a vast sea
Can it be nirvana
As it is oblivion,
Noisy as it is silence,
Calm, harmonious as it
Softly brushes the beach,
Stormy, tumultuous as it
Angrily smashes the rocks
Tides,
Pulled by the moon
To ebb
Tricked by the sun
To neap
Yet every day,
Both high and low
Bring magic
To our landlocked lives
Hidden behind
The smiles
We try to suppress
As we feel the joy
Of those so brave
They dare to ride
In the tube
Of love’s giant waves.